Improvement in fishing-line hawse-swivels



G. W. DIXON.

FISHING-LINE HAWSE-SWIVEL. No.175,949. Patented April 11. 1876.

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gihhmcmmo PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHNGTON, I) C NI'IED STATESPATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE W. DIXON, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-LINE HAWSE-SWiVELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 75,949, dated April11, 1876; application filed February 1, 1876.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEO. W. DIXON, ofGloucester, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Swivels for Fishing-Elawse and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will ,enable others skilledin the art to which-it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in swivels for hand-line gear;and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, that willbe more fully described hereinafter, whereby the snoods can be easilyand securely fastened to the end of the hawse.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents the weight to which the hand-line is attached, and to thelower end of which is secured the wooden llawse c. To the lower end ofthis hawse is secured the ferrule (Z, by means of screws, rivets, orother devices, and in the lower end of this ferrule is fastened theswivel e, by means of which the snoods can swing freely around in anydirection without tangling the lines.

Heretofore there has always been a great deal of trouble found inswiveling the snoods to the hawse, owing to the fact that the pulling,jerking, and wear and tear on them is apt to pull them off or cut thelines by which they are tied. Various means have been resorted to toovercome this difficulty, but, so far as I know, without success untilmy present invention. By making the hawse of wood and making a ferruleon the swivel, as shown, the snoods can be attached to the weight firmlyand securely, and much more cheaply than in any other manner.

I am aware of the patent to E. F. Decker, February 21, 1865, and J. R.Martin, July 31, 1866, and these I broadly disclaim.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim The combination of the weighta, hawse c, ferrule d, swivel e, and snoods, all constructed andarranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 15th day of January, 1876.

GEO. WILLIAM DIXON. |L. s.]

Witnesses:

CYRUS STORY, A. W. DAVIS.

